
Defending champ Iga Swiatek rolls on at US Open with 49-minute victory
Iga Swiatek didn’t hold back against close friend Kaja Javan, defeating the Slovenian qualifier 6-0, 6-1, in just 49 minutes on Friday to move into the U.S. Open’s fourth round
2023-09-02 03:22

One dead, four injured in stabbings at notorious jail in Atlanta that's under federal investigation
Authorities said five people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute between men held at a jail in Atlanta that is already under federal investigation
2023-09-02 03:21

Mitch McConnell: From polio victim to political titan
The Kentucky senator has been behind many of his party's most consequential moments in Washington.
2023-09-02 03:21

Man, 98, charged as accessory to murder at Nazi concentration camp
A 98-year-old man has been charged as an accessory to murder at a Nazi concentration camp in Germany. The man, who has not been named, is alleged to have “supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands of prisoners as a member of the SS guard detail” at Sachsenhausen concentration camp between 1943 and 1945. In operation from 1936 until April 1945, Sachsenhausen – also known as Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg – was a labour camp known for its medical experimentation area. After the end of the Second World War, when the area was Sovient-occupied, it was used by the secret police agency the NKVD, later renamed the KGB, as a special camp. More than 200,000 prisoners were held at Sachsenhausen between 1936 and 1945, where tens of thousands died of starvation, disease and forced labour alongside medical experiments and SS extermination operations, including shootings, hangings and gassing. Though the exact figures vary, upper estimates suggest 100,000 people died at Sachsenhausen. The accused man is a resident of the county of Main-Kinzig, near Frankfurt, and is charged with over 3,300 counts of being an accessory to murder between July 1943 and February 1945. Filed at the state court in Hanau, prosecutors will now decide whether to send the case to trial. Should the case move forward, the man will be tried under juvenile law to take into account his age at the time of his alleged crimes, with a psychiatric expert adding that the suspect is fit to stand trial at least on a “limited basis”. In recent years, German prosecutors have brought several cases to allow for those that helped Nazi camps to function to be prosecuted as an accessory to murder. In 2021, 96-year-old Irmgard Furchner was caught shortly after going on the run ahead of a court hearing on charges of committing war crimes during World War Two. The next year, Furchner was handed a two-year-old suspended sentence for aiding and abetting the murder of 10,505 people and for the attempted murder of five people during her time working as a stenographer and typist at Stutthof concentration camp. She was accused of being part of the accessory to the function of the camp, where she was alleged to have “aided and abetted those in charge in the systematic killing of those imprisoned there”. In July 2020, a court in Hamburg convicted 93-year-old Nazi camp guard Bruno Dey of being an accessory to murder over his time spent at Stutthof concentration camp during the final months of the Second World War. He was handed a two-year suspended sentence after being convicted of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder - equal to the number of people believed to have been killed at Stutthof during his time there in 1944 and 1945. Read More Teenage neo-Nazi defaced Windrush mural and had ‘race war’ fantasies, court told Former RAF cadet defaced Windrush mural with Nazi symbols ‘Neo-Nazi’ ex-prison officer jailed for possessing terrorist handbook Footage of Holocaust miracle rescue unearthed for the first time Putin puts ‘Satan II’ nuclear missile ‘on combat duty’ as Kyiv launches drone strikes Drone attacks inside Putin’s Russia will only increase, says senior Ukraine official Billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. They must convince voters first
2023-09-02 02:59

Democrats push abortion rights to heart of 2024 campaign
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON Abortion rights helped Democrats stave off a hefty defeat at midterm elections last year
2023-09-02 02:58

ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU
The Atlantic Coast Conference has voted to add Stanford, California and SMU next year
2023-09-02 02:58

Tennessee woman sets record for world's longest mullet
Tami Manis, who sports a mullet that is 5ft 8in, says her hair was inspired by a 1980s music video.
2023-09-02 02:26

France's Macron says schools will be 'intractable' in enforcing ban on robes often worn by Muslims
French President Emmanuel Macron says public school students won’t get past the door if they show up dressed in long robes mainly worn by Muslims
2023-09-02 02:23

(No) Baby On Board: This Airline Is Banning Kids From Adults-Only Seating Areas
A new European route is offering child-free seating for travelers.
2023-09-02 02:22

Finland's Marin, once the world's youngest premier, steps down as party leader
By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland's former Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who narrowly lost an election in April, stepped down
2023-09-02 02:20

Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola who stormed US Capitol jailed for 10 years
Dominic Pezzola smashed a window at Congress during a raid the judge brands "a national disgrace".
2023-09-02 02:18

Proud Boy who smashed Capitol window on Jan. 6 gets 10 years in prison, then declares, 'Trump won!'
A former Proud Boys member who smashed a U_S_ Capitol window in the building’s first breach on Jan_ 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison — before walking out of the courtroom declaring, “Trump won!”
2023-09-02 01:51